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Phil NiekroWWikipedia↗
Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1939-04-01 · Played 1964–1987 · Career WAR 95.8 (bWAR) · IDs
BBREF=niekrph01, LAHMAN=niekrph01, MLBAM=119786, RETROSHEET=niekp001
REGULAR POSTSEASON
Batting
| Year | Team | Lg | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | NL | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 1965 | NL | 42 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | -0.1 | ||
| 1966 | NL | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -0.2 | ||
| 1967 | NL | 46 | 57 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .123 | .167 | .158 | .325 | 0.1 | ||
| 1968 | NL | 37 | 77 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .104 | .104 | .195 | .299 | -0.2 | ||
| 1969 | NL | 40 | 95 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .211 | .227 | .253 | .480 | 0.3 | ||
| 1970 | NL | 34 | 79 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .152 | .171 | .190 | .361 | -0.2 | ||
| 1971 | NL | 42 | 92 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .152 | .160 | .163 | .323 | 0.1 | ||
| 1972 | NL | 38 | 93 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .194 | .216 | .237 | .453 | 0.1 | ||
| 1973 | NL | 42 | 82 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | .122 | .143 | .207 | .350 | -0.4 | ||
| 1974 | NL | 41 | 104 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .192 | .220 | .212 | .432 | 0.2 | ||
| 1975 | NL | 39 | 99 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .172 | .176 | .212 | .388 | -0.2 | ||
| 1976 | NL | 38 | 94 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | .191 | .198 | .255 | .453 | 0.2 | ||
| 1977 | NL | 44 | 109 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .174 | .180 | .183 | .363 | -0.5 | ||
| 1978 | NL | 45 | 120 | 5 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | .225 | .248 | .258 | .506 | 0.4 | ||
| 1979 | NL | 44 | 123 | 10 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .195 | .213 | .244 | .457 | 0.4 | ||
| 1980 | NL | 40 | 90 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .133 | .143 | .189 | .332 | -0.5 | ||
| 1981 | NL | 22 | 52 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | -0.5 | ||
| 1982 | NL | 35 | 87 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .195 | .193 | .276 | .469 | 0.1 | ||
| 1983 | NL | 34 | 65 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .185 | .194 | .215 | .409 | -0.2 | ||
| 1984 | AL | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 1985 | AL | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 1986 | AL | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 1987 | AL | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 1987 | AL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 1987 | NL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |||
| Total | 866 | 1537 | 80 | 260 | 42 | 1 | 7 | 109 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 314 | .169 | .178 | .211 | .390 | -1.1 |
Pitching
| Year | Team | Lg | W | L | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | ERA | WHIP | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | NL | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4.80 | 1.467 | -0.1 | |
| 1965 | NL | 2 | 3 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 74.2 | 73 | 24 | 5 | 26 | 49 | 2.89 | 1.326 | 0.5 | |
| 1966 | NL | 4 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.1 | 48 | 23 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 4.11 | 1.411 | -0.7 | |
| 1967 | NL | 11 | 9 | 46 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 207.0 | 164 | 43 | 9 | 55 | 129 | 1.87 | 1.058 | 4.8 | |
| 1968 | NL | 14 | 12 | 37 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 257.0 | 228 | 74 | 16 | 45 | 140 | 2.59 | 1.062 | 4.0 | |
| 1969 | NL | 23 | 13 | 40 | 35 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 284.1 | 235 | 81 | 21 | 57 | 193 | 2.56 | 1.027 | 6.0 | |
| 1970 | NL | 12 | 18 | 34 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 229.2 | 222 | 109 | 40 | 68 | 168 | 4.27 | 1.263 | 2.1 | |
| 1971 | NL | 15 | 14 | 42 | 36 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 268.2 | 248 | 89 | 27 | 70 | 173 | 2.98 | 1.184 | 5.0 | |
| 1972 | NL | 16 | 12 | 38 | 36 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 282.1 | 254 | 96 | 22 | 53 | 164 | 3.06 | 1.087 | 5.4 | |
| 1973 | NL | 13 | 10 | 42 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 245.0 | 214 | 90 | 21 | 89 | 131 | 3.31 | 1.237 | 4.4 | |
| 1974 | NL | 20 | 13 | 41 | 39 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 302.1 | 249 | 80 | 19 | 88 | 195 | 2.38 | 1.115 | 7.8 | |
| 1975 | NL | 15 | 15 | 39 | 37 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 275.2 | 285 | 98 | 29 | 72 | 144 | 3.20 | 1.295 | 6.7 | |
| 1976 | NL | 17 | 11 | 38 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 270.2 | 249 | 99 | 18 | 101 | 173 | 3.29 | 1.293 | 6.7 | |
| 1977 | NL | 16 | 20 | 44 | 43 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 330.1 | 315 | 148 | 26 | 164 | 262 | 4.03 | 1.450 | 8.9 | |
| 1978 | NL | 19 | 18 | 44 | 42 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 334.1 | 295 | 107 | 16 | 102 | 248 | 2.88 | 1.187 | 10.0 | |
| 1979 | NL | 21 | 20 | 44 | 44 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 342.0 | 311 | 129 | 41 | 113 | 208 | 3.39 | 1.240 | 7.4 | |
| 1980 | NL | 15 | 18 | 40 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 275.0 | 256 | 111 | 30 | 85 | 176 | 3.63 | 1.240 | 3.4 | |
| 1981 | NL | 7 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 139.1 | 120 | 48 | 6 | 56 | 62 | 3.10 | 1.263 | 1.7 | |
| 1982 | NL | 17 | 4 | 35 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 234.1 | 225 | 94 | 23 | 73 | 144 | 3.61 | 1.272 | 3.1 | |
| 1983 | NL | 11 | 10 | 34 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 201.2 | 212 | 89 | 18 | 105 | 128 | 3.97 | 1.572 | 2.7 | |
| 1984 | AL | 16 | 8 | 32 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 215.2 | 219 | 74 | 15 | 76 | 136 | 3.09 | 1.368 | 4.6 | |
| 1985 | AL | 16 | 12 | 33 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 220.0 | 203 | 100 | 29 | 120 | 149 | 4.09 | 1.468 | 1.7 | |
| 1986 | AL | 11 | 11 | 34 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 210.1 | 241 | 101 | 24 | 95 | 81 | 4.32 | 1.597 | 0.9 | |
| 1987 | AL | 7 | 11 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 123.2 | 142 | 81 | 18 | 53 | 57 | 5.89 | 1.577 | -0.1 | |
| 1987 | AL | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8.25 | 1.833 | ||
| 1987 | NL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 15.00 | 4.000 | ||
| Total | 318 | 274 | 864 | 716 | 245 | 45 | 29 | 5404.1 | 5044 | 2012 | 482 | 1809 | 3342 | 3.35 | 1.268 | 96.9 |
Fielding
| Year | Team | Lg | Pos | G | GS | Inn | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | NL | P | 10 | 0 | 15.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1965 | NL | P | 41 | 1 | 74.2 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1966 | NL | P | 28 | 0 | 50.1 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1967 | NL | P | 46 | 20 | 207.0 | 10 | 40 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1968 | NL | P | 37 | 34 | 256.2 | 18 | 59 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1969 | NL | P | 40 | 35 | 284.1 | 24 | 51 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1970 | NL | P | 34 | 32 | 230.0 | 14 | 38 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1971 | NL | P | 42 | 36 | 269.0 | 19 | 44 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1972 | NL | P | 38 | 36 | 282.0 | 26 | 40 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1973 | NL | P | 42 | 30 | 245.0 | 30 | 41 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1974 | NL | P | 41 | 39 | 302.1 | 22 | 42 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1975 | NL | P | 39 | 37 | 275.2 | 21 | 41 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1976 | NL | P | 38 | 37 | 270.2 | 19 | 41 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1977 | NL | P | 44 | 43 | 330.1 | 20 | 51 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1978 | NL | P | 44 | 42 | 334.1 | 17 | 65 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1979 | NL | P | 44 | 44 | 342.0 | 31 | 56 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1980 | NL | P | 40 | 38 | 275.0 | 18 | 40 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1981 | NL | P | 22 | 22 | 139.1 | 10 | 22 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1982 | NL | P | 35 | 35 | 234.1 | 18 | 38 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1983 | NL | P | 34 | 33 | 201.2 | 15 | 27 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1984 | AL | P | 32 | 31 | 215.2 | 13 | 36 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1985 | AL | P | 33 | 33 | 220.0 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1986 | AL | P | 34 | 32 | 210.1 | 9 | 32 | 4 | 2 | |
| 1987 | AL | P | 22 | 22 | 123.2 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1987 | AL | P | 3 | 3 | 12.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1987 | NL | P | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 864 | 716 | 5404.1 | 386 | 878 | 37 | 83 |
Awards
| Year | Award | Lg |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Player of the Week | NL |
| 1978 | Gold Glove | NL |
| 1978 | Player of the Week | NL |
| 1979 | Lou Gehrig Memorial Award | ML |
| 1979 | Gold Glove | NL |
| 1980 | Gold Glove | NL |
| 1980 | Roberto Clemente Award | ML |
| 1982 | Gold Glove | NL |
| 1982 | Player of the Week | NL |
| 1983 | Gold Glove | NL |
| 1985 | Player of the Week | AL |
Hall of Fame ballots
| Year | Voted by | Votes | Needed | Inducted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | BBWAA | 278 | 318 | No |
| 1994 | BBWAA | 273 | 342 | No |
| 1995 | BBWAA | 286 | 345 | No |
| 1996 | BBWAA | 321 | 353 | No |
| 1997 | BBWAA | 380 | 353 | Yes |